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Rain, Cooler Weather Wednesday

All morning, thick clouds have blanketed the region, and rain showers have been off and on. Temperatures will gradually turn colder with Thursday afternoon temperatures in the middle and upper 40s dropping into the lower and middle 40s by Friday.

Showers will occur throughout much of Tuesday afternoon and overnight into Wednesday morning.

Travelers should use caution when driving through heavy periods of rain, and should watch for deep puddles and hot spots along N.C. Highway 12.

Temperatures will be well below normal Wednesday through the early part odf next week.

I think our next best chance of snow will come next Tuesday with a low cross over New England.

Plan for mostly cloudy skies Tuesday with a southerly flow ahead of an approaching cold front today with highs mainly in the 40s.

There is still a high possibility we see nothing at all Friday as the rain shifts east, but a couple of our more reliable computer models are hinting at the possibility of a few flakes by Friday morning.

Cloudy, windy and turning cold with a 50% chance for scattered showers.

Temperatures finally climb out of the 40s on Saturday thanks to the return of sunshine which will make for a wonderful but cool weekend! We can expect a partly sunny to perhaps mostly sunny day and it'll be a bit breezy at times. High temperatures will struggle to even reach 40 degrees and overnight lows dip well into the 20s.

Quiet & cloudy this morning with temperatures in the upper-30s in Boston.

Today: We're tracking bone cold temperatures this morning! If the track and intensification occurs close enough to the coast, we could have enough snow to plow and shovel Saturday night and Sunday. Snow flurries are possible for areas north of I-20 Friday through Sunday especially in north Georgia. Mild. Highs in the low to mid-50s.